Our Impact

GBCHealth partnered with Facebook to amplify the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)’s awareness campaign entitled: #StrongerTogether. The digital campaign reached over 5.6... GBCHealth partnered with Facebook to amplify the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)’s awareness campaign entitled: #StrongerTogether. The digital campaign reached over 5.6 million people and women who saw the ads were +2.6 percentage points more likely to support giving girls access to distance learning to protect educational attainment during COVID-19.

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano used Facebook Disease Prevention Maps and Movement Range Maps to analyze the initial COVID19 lockdown in Italy. They found that local and national mobility fell... Researchers from Politecnico di Milano used Facebook Disease Prevention Maps and Movement Range Maps to analyze the initial COVID19 lockdown in Italy. They found that local and national mobility fell dramatically during the lockdown and that cities emptied not towards remote areas, but mostly to urban belts.

Melinda Gates lays out the reasons why women must be at the center of strategies as governments rebuild post-pandemic economies, using insights from Future of Business data.

Our work studies private mobility sources, gathered from mobile-phones and released by large technological companies. These data are of special interest because, unlike most public sources, it is... Our work studies private mobility sources, gathered from mobile-phones and released by large technological companies. These data are of special interest because, unlike most public sources, it is focused on individuals rather than on transportation means. We confirm that mobile-data can be used to evaluate the efficiency of implemented policies, detect changes in mobility trends, and provide insights into what new normality means in Spain.

Over the past several months, the use of a face covering or mask has been highlighted as one of the most crucial and cost-effective mitigation measures to slow the transmission of COVID-19. Yet, our... Over the past several months, the use of a face covering or mask has been highlighted as one of the most crucial and cost-effective mitigation measures to slow the transmission of COVID-19. Yet, our understanding on the global adoption of mask-wearing behavior has been relatively inadequate. To better understand the global trends of mask usage, we used data from the International COVID-19 Symptom Survey, which is a large daily survey in partnership between The University of Maryland and Facebook Data for Good.